Grill mounting



Nov. 4, 1941*'. Y L. s. RlENDEAU 2,261,392

I GRILL MOUNTING Filed 'sept'. 26, 1939 2 sheets-smet 1 nm @f "ITT un imHH IIIT WITNESSES: INVENTOR VW W e AM/@ENCE 5. Q/ENDEAU ATTORN Y NOV. 4,194i. l l -L.. s. RIENDEAU 2,26%@2 GRILL MOUNTING Filed sept. 26, 193s 2sheets-sheet 2 www? Patented Nov. 4, 1941 GRILL MOUNTING Lawrence S.Riendeau, Springield, Mass., as-

signor to Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, EastPittsburgh, Pa., a. corporation of Pennsylvania Application September26, 1939, Serial No. 296,538

4 Claims.

My invention relates to a cabint having a grill extending across an airinlet or outlet opening, more particularly to means for mount` ing thegrill in the cabinet, and it has for an object to provide an improvedstructure of the character set forth.

Another object is to provide a grill mounting :means having a minimumportion thereof disposed exteriorly Vof the cabinet, so .as to provide apleasing appearance.

A'further object is to provide means whereby the grill may be quickly`and easily mounted and removed.

. `These and otl'ierobjects are effected by, my invention as willL beapparent from the following description and claims taken in connectionwith .the -accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, inwhich:

Fig. 1 -is a vertical section taken I-I of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation, with a part in secon the line tion takenalong the line II-II of Fig..1; and, I

Fig. 3 is a perspective view.

Referring to the drawings in detail, I show my invention incorporated ina cabinet I which .encloses a fan motor unit II, the latter comprising afan I2 and a'motor I3 for driving the fan. The complete articleincluding the cabinet vand the fan motor unit is known as a cabinet fan.It is adapted to be placed on the floor, a table, or any other suitablesupporting surface. The fan motor unit is removably and pivotallymounted on the side walls of the cabinet, as disclosed and claimed inthe application of Gustav H. Koch, Serial No. 295,924, led September 21,1939 so that it may be tilted to direct air in an upwardly-inclineddirection when the cabinet fan is placed on the floor.

The body portion of the cabinet is preferably made of wood, as shown onthe drawings, and comprises side walls I4 and I5, a bottom wall I6,corner portions I1 and I8 extending between the side walls, and top andrear wall portions I9 and extending between thesde walls. The cabinet isformed with an inlet opening 2| in the back and an outlet opening 22extending across the front and also the front portion of the top of thecabinet, so that air may be discharged either horizontally or in anupwardlyinclined direction.

The cabinet is provided with inlet and outlet grills 23 and 24 extendingacross the inlet and outlet openings, respectively. These grills may beof any suitable form; in the illustrated embodiment, they comprisevertically extending the rear wall portion 20.

spaced parallel wires 25 and cross wires 26 to which the ends of thewires 25 are secured in any suitable manner, as by soldering. As will benoted from the drawings, the grills 23 and 24 are formed so that theportions thereof extending across the openings are disposedsubstantially iiush with the outer surfaces of the cabinet.

They are, however, formed with marginal por-` tions which extend beyondthe edges of the openings and are bent inwardly and disposed against theinner sides of the adjacent wall portions of the cabinet, which arebeveled to suitably fit said marginal portions, as will be clear fromFig. 1.

The wall portion I9 is formed with a groove 2'I in which the upper crosswire 26 of the outer grill is disposed. Two clamp members 28, de-

tachably fastened to the wall portion I'I by screws 29, bear against thecross wire 26 to retain the samein the groove 21.

The walln portion II is recessed as shown in Y Fig. 1 to receive thelower cross wire 26, which is secured by clamp members 28 similarly 'tothe upper cross wire. The outlet grill 24 is mounted or removed whilethe inlet grill 23 is removed,

during which time access to the fastening means comprising the clampmembers 28 and the screws 29 may be had 'through the inlet opening 2|.

The rear wall portion 20 is formed with a l groove 3I for receiving theupper cross wire of the inlet grill 23. Two spring clips 32 are securedto the wall portion 20 by screws 33 and are adapted to resi-lientlyengage the upper cross wire and retain4 the same in the groove 3 I.These clips project downwardly below the'lower edge of The cross wire ispositioned by engaging the lower ends of the clips 32 on the outer sideand moving the cross wire upwardly between the clip and the beveledsurface of -the wall portion 20 until it enters the I' groove 3|.

'I'he wall portion I8 is' also formed with a recess for receiving thelower cross wire 26 o1' the inlet grill 23. This cross wire isheld inthe recess by two clamping members 34, secured by screws 35 which extendthrough the wall portion I8 and are screw-threaded through the clampmembers 34. The screws 35 have heads 36 which are substantially flushwith the outer surface of the cabinet and'rwhich are formed with kerfswhereby the screws'may be turned to tighten the clamp members 34. of theform, shown in Fig. 2 so that when the screws 35 are loosened they maybe turned at right angles to disengagel the cross wire 26 without beingseparated from the screws.

The clamp members 34 are To remove the inlet grill 23, the screws 35 arefirst loosened and the clamp members 34 turned to the horizontalposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The lower end of the grill isthen swung inwardly and the upper end of the grill is pulled downwardlyfrom between the clips 32 and the rear wall portion 20. ily be removed,the upper end being removed first.

To replace the grill, the lower end of the grill is first insertedthrough the inlet opening and moved toward the interior thereof topermit the upper end to be moved between the spring clips 32 and thebeveled surface of the wall portion 20 until the upper cross wire 26engages in the groove 3|. place against the clamp members 34 are turnedto vertical position and the screws 35 tightened by means of a screwdriver engaging the kerf in the heads on the exterior of the cabinet.

From the above description and from the drawings, it will be seen that Ihave provided novel means for mounting a grill in a cabinet in a mannerto provide a pleasing appearance, since most of the parts are disposedinteriorly of the cabinet, and whereby the grill may be quicklyinstalled or removed.

While I have shown my invention in but one form, it will be obvious tothose skilled in the art that it is not so limited, but is susceptibleof various changes and modifications without departing from the spiritthereof, and I desire, therefore, that only such limitations shall beplaced thereupon as are specifically set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A cabinet having an opening therein `for flow of air between theinterior and the exterior of the cabinet, a grill extending across saidopening and formed so that the main portion thereof is substantially ushwith the outer surface of the cabinet, opposite marginal portions ofsaid grill being bent inwardly and extending on the inner side of wallportions of the cabinet adja- The lower end is then swung into wallportion I8, whereupon the i The grill may then readwhereby the samemaybe turned to tighten the clamp members.

2. A cabinet having an opening therein for flow of air between theinterior and the exterior of the cabinet, a grill extending across saidopening and comprising spaced wires extending between opposite wallportions of the cabinet with the ends thereof underlying said wallportions, a clamp member disposed on the inner side of one of said wallportions for holding the adjacent marginal portion of said grill againstsaid inner side of said wall portion, and a screw extending through saidclamp member and said vwall portion and having a kerf head on the outerside of said wall portion, said wires being spaced suiiiciently so thatsaid clamp member may be manipulated by extending ones fingers betweensaid wires'. I

3. A cabinet having an opening therein for flow of air-,between theinterior and the exterior of the cabinet', a grill extending across saidopening, opposite marginal portions'of said grill being bent inwardlyand extending on the inner side of cent the opening, one of said wallportions being wall portions df the cabinet adjacent the opening, oneof. lsaid wall portions being formed with a groove for receivingthe'edge of one of said marginal portions and being provided with springclips for retaining the same therein, clamp members adapted to engagethe other marginal portion and to retain the same against the inner sideof the adjacent wall portion, and screws extending through saidclampmembers and the adjacent wall portion and having kerf heads Ain theouter face of said wall portion whereby the Vsame may be turned totighten, the clamp members.

4. A cabinet having an opening therein for iiow of air between theinterior and the exterior of the cabinet, a grill extending across saidopening and formed so that the main portion thereof is substantially ushwith the outer surface of the cabinet, opposite marginal portions ofsaid grill being bent inwardly and extending on` the inner side of wallportions of the cabinet adjacent the opening, one vof said wall portionshaving means to retain the adjacent marginal portion upon movement ofthe latter in a direction from one to the other of said wall portions,clampv members adapted to engage the other marginal portion and toretain the same against the inner side of the adjacent wall portion, andscrews extending through said clamp members and the adjacent wallportion and having kerf heads in the outer face of said wall portionwhereby the same may be turned to tighten the clamp members.

LAWRENCE S. RIENDEAU.

